Without a heroic spirit, I can only end it myself.

"That's pretty much it."

Jiang He also specially asked the court experts to convey to Emperor Meng——

It's just a white fox. Please give me, Daoist Master, some face and spare her life. Maybe I can go to the imperial capital to give you some guidance in the future.

This is a test of Emperor Meng's temperament.

At the same time, it also paved the way for Ega to return to the imperial capital in the future.

To investigate the traces of evil spirits, it is not enough to only investigate the eight states.

At least he had to meet Emperor Meng to see if his soul had been eroded by demonic energy.

However, over the years, Emperor Meng, apart from being obsessed with immortality, has not done anything too ridiculous, so the possibility of being infected by evil spirits is extremely low.

Just to keep it safe, I put it at the end.

…

Jiang He took the unconscious white fox to the border oasis, left behind one or two concealment techniques, and one or two bottles of healing medicine, and left safely.

to him.

Save a white fox and tell Emperor Meng.

It was just a casual move, and I didn't take it seriously.

The current focus is to explore the map, find Mingzhou's broken earth veins, and understand the real reasons for the decline of this land.

As a result, only three or two days passed before something unexpected happened.

At midnight, Jiang He meditated and rested in the Gobi Desert to restore his tired spirit and replenish his lost strength.

While meditating, I suddenly noticed some strange movement around me.

He opened his eyes and looked around, and saw a white fox holding prey in its mouth and tiptoeing towards him——

He happened to catch Jiang He's eyes.

The white fox froze in place, the prey in its mouth snapped and landed on the sand.

[Seeing you wake up, the white fox panicked and wanted to run away, but you stopped him with Taoism. 】

[When the white fox saw this, he lay on the ground and uttered human sounds. 】

[She said that in the past in Qinghe Town, she wanted to repay the young master for saving her life, but was not accepted and left sadly... Now that they meet in the desert, the young master is no longer what he used to be, but he ignores the past grudges, lends a helping hand, and saves another life. . 】

【It is difficult to repay great kindness and virtue, but this is the only way to comfort me. 】

[You look at the white fox quietly and ask: How do you know that I am the one who saved it? 】

[Bai Hu said that he was not really unconscious, but you exposed it, and he ignored others and refused to tell the truth. 】

[You wave your hand in disappointment and disappear. 】

[The white fox saw no sign of you and lowered his head sadly. 】

Jiang He found it interesting to see the white fox repaying his kindness for the second time.

But there is an unavoidable problem.

Two days ago, when I rescued the white fox, she was seriously injured and in a coma. She could no longer maintain her human form and changed back to her original form.

After Jiang He rescued her, he didn't stay too long and left directly.

in this state.

How did she know that it was Jiang He who saved her?

How did she know which direction Jiang He went?

You can't just ask those court experts.

Thinking back to the scene twenty years ago...

Jiang He woke up, with nephrite beside him, looking like a demon or a fairy.

The gesture is indeed extremely beautiful and unforgettable.

but……

She claimed that she was on the verge of death and had to rely on instinct to absorb the yang energy of strangers.

Why can he still maintain his human form instead of degenerating into the posture of a white fox like now?

Moreover, does an ordinary painter really have that much yang energy?

It can help the dying and seriously injured spirit fox recover, and can even chase after several states, looking for various medicinal materials along the way, and constantly repaying the favor...

There are too many loopholes in this.

Ega couldn't even count them.

He exposed Bai Hu's statement on the spot and asked her for the truth.

However, the white fox did not answer directly, and talked about him the whole time, trying to get through.

Jiang He was disappointed with her answer.

He concealed himself on the spot and disappeared in front of the white fox.

"Perhaps this white fox has good intentions, but she is definitely not stupid. She must be hiding some secrets."

"According to this idea, Emperor Meng's execution of King Yun's family may not necessarily be what the rumors say. Long Yan was offended..."

"The real purpose is probably for this jade-scented white fox."

"That's why I've been chasing her for twenty years."

"I excused her earlier, so I might have offended Emperor Meng..."

Jiang He thought in his mind and had already figured out many key points.

It doesn't matter if he offends Emperor Meng.

In the past, the old devil searched all over the world, but could not find any trace of the devil refiner.

It would be ridiculous if Jiang He was worried that Emperor Meng, who was greedy for power in the world and obsessed with immortality, would cause trouble for him because of these things.

He just didn't like this feeling.

"I can take the blame for you."

"Since you can save a stranger's life with a moment of kindness."

"Of course I can take action to save your life."

"but."

"You have to at least let me know what the blame is, right?"

[You didn’t leave because you were confused. 】

[Hide your figure and follow the white fox around. 】

[Perhaps due to serious injuries, he has never changed into his human form. 】

[You follow him through the Gobi desert, hunt with him in the frontier wilderness, lick his wounds with him, and wash the dust in the lake...]

[Until seven days have passed. 】

[In the year 1361 of the Meng calendar, it was the twenty-fourth day of the apricot month. 】

【You finally know the truth. 】

…

Borderland, Gobi oasis.

After a rare rainstorm, a sparkling pool loomed in the moonlight.

The white fox walked through the desert and was already dusty. When he saw the oasis pool, he was extremely happy.

It turned into a white shadow and jumped directly into the lake, causing ripples.

It plays in the water, the dust washes away with the clear water, and the moonlight shines on its snow-white fur, making it look like a fairy.

After playing in the water, the white fox seemed to have come out of its previous depression and was no longer depressed.

It jumped out of the pool, shook off the water droplets on its body, looked around again, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, stepped under the moonlight.

As its snow-white fur became brighter and brighter, the shadow of a woman actually broke away from her body.

The woman was twenty years old, and her temperament was indifferent. The moon was closed and the flowers were shy. The moonlight passed through her body, but she did not look lonely and isolated. She looked more like a fairy, but there was an indelible sadness between her eyebrows.

But no matter how she looks, it can't change her essence.

These are the ghosts of the dead.

"Xueyun, while the moonlight is nice today, I will give you some more strength."

The white fox speaks human words with a sweet voice.

The female ghost in front of her sat on the ground, gently hugging the white fox, with a little melancholy in her eyes.

"No need, Xiangyu, don't waste any more energy to maintain my soul."

"You can no longer maintain your human form."

"I once thought about avenging my father and my mother and concubine... Twenty-four years have passed and I am still on the run, which is dragging you down."

The white fox tilted its head, as if to touch the woman's hand, but it only touched the air.

Its eyes were gloomy and it shook its head slightly.

"it does not matter."

"Our lives are connected. Even if I don't have the power to maintain your existence and let you dissipate, I won't live long..."

"But at least you can live for a while longer, instead of being dragged to death quickly by me."

The woman interrupted Bai Hu's words and spoke.

"Besides, if you meet that young master again, you can tell the truth and there is no need to continue to hide my existence."

"That young master only took more than twenty years to reach this point from a mere mortal. It is extraordinary."

"If you go to accompany that young master, you can repay your kindness, and he may also find a way to save you..."

The white fox and the female ghost chatted in the middle of the night.

But they didn't realize at all that the "young master" was standing next to them.

Tell the truth.

Compared with this gorgeous white fox that speaks human words, and the beautiful ghost under the moonlight.

But the only living person stood there silently, not attracting the slightest attention.

It was somewhat scary.

Only then did Jiang He finally understand.

Why does the fox demon's rhetoric always have loopholes?

Why are there some discrepancies between her story and her actions?

It turns out that the former Princess Xueyun was not really shaken after she was killed by the officers and soldiers.

The remaining ray of her soul turned into a ghost and was sheltered by the fox demon in her body, and escaped with her.

"And, based on their communication."

"The reason why Princess Xueyun can turn into a female ghost is because the fox demon and her heart and soul are symbiotic, so she can survive her death..."

"This kind of characteristic has never been heard of in my life!"

"Is it because the Meng Dynasty is older than the Rong and Jing Dynasties and has not completely entered the final stage of Dharma? Is it because some spiritual beasts have residual magic?"

Jiang He couldn't help but marvel.

He couldn't help but think of Ji Ling Gong in the late Rong Dynasty.

It retains part of the magic of absorbing demon-refining weapons, and is truly peerless, surpassing all other techniques in the world.

Only then did Jiang He feel more intuitively——

As he moves forward with the flow of time, those mediocre techniques and ordinary spiritual beasts of the past will begin to awaken some new magical powers.

Myth resurrected?

No……

To be more precise, this is the power they inherently possess.

It’s just that it’s not lost yet.

"However, they really think highly of me."

"The reason why I am strong is purely based on my accumulation over the past many years and my own efforts time and time again."

"I am very unfamiliar with these wonders..."

"I don't know any way to untie the symbiosis of mind and soul and save the white fox."

Jiang He felt relieved.

He already understood why Bai Hu concealed the truth——

It was precisely because she contained magic that she was targeted by Emperor Meng, which resulted in the death of Princess Xueyun's family.

She was vigilant and concealed the remaining soul of Princess Xueyun. This was human nature.

This is understandable.

At this moment, Jiang He pondered for a while and chose to emerge from the shadows.

"It can be foreseen that as the dynasty moves forward, not only Ji Ling Gong and Jade Fragrance White Fox, there will be more and more miracles in the world..."

"I can take advantage of this opportunity to learn about the magical beasts in advance so that I can be prepared."